Giardi: Patriots' defense embracing new identity, backbones Divisional Round win over the Texans

According to Shams Charania of ESPN, Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown has been named an Eastern Conference All-Star starter. Joining him in the first five in LA will be New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson, Philadelphia 76ers guard Tyrese…

The Patriots had the third-lowest offensive EPA (expected points added) per play by a winning team this entire season. Only the week 9 Jets (who beat the Browns) and the week 18 Raiders (who beat the Chiefs) performed worse.

In a high school gym in Birmingham, Michigan, Jayson Tatum went through a workout. He could have waited for a time when reporters weren't around, but he didn't. In fact, given how the morning unfolded, he did the exact opposite. He wanted…

It was far from a Picasso, at least from the offense, but the Patriots found a way to make enough plays on both sides of the ball to beat the Houston Texans and advance to the AFC Championship Game next Sunday in Denver. Even better: the…

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But here's the thing, as New England prepares to go to Denver and the Patriots' personal house of horrors, Empower Field at Mile High, to play the AFC Championship Game at 3 p.m. Sunday, all that stuff about the Patriots being underrated…

BSJ’s Greg Bedard joins CLNS Media’s John Zannis as they react to the Patriots' 28-16 victory over the Houston Texans in the AFC Divisional Round on Sunday.